When a businessman is killed, his son Vikentiy Chukhontsev and his bodyguard are accused of collaborating in his murder. Although Prosecutor Igor Gerber knows the true identity of the killer, he accepts a large sum of money and a prestigious promotion for his silence.

However, twenty years later, when his wife and daughter are tragically killed and his son is kidnapped, Gerber realizes, that as he searches for the perpetrator, this is an act of revenge against him, and his family have paid the price for his wrongdoing.